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ADVISORY/New Film Portrays Cop Who Poses as a Teenager in Chat Rooms to Capture Online Predators.


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ADVISORY...

--(BUSINESS WIRE)


WHAT:           Interview with filmmaker John Thomas re: his new
                low-budget, independent dramatic film, HAMAL_18, about
                a detective who pretends to be a teenager on Internet
                chat rooms to track down pedophiles (this is a
                procedure now being practiced by major police
                departments across the country). Thomas' new film is
                up for acquisition screenings during the week of
                April 12.

WHEN:           Any day and time, up until April 16 (see contact
                information below to book an interview).

WHERE:          Office of Weissman/Delson Communications
                4605 Lankershim Blvd., Ste. #413, North Hollywood

DETAILS:        Footage from HAMAL_18 can be made available, plus
                interview with filmmaker Thomas about problems of
                pedophilia. Thomas worked three years with abused
                children before producing and directing HAMAL_18.



May we suggest a Calendar article on a low-budget, new dramatic indy film that is seeking distribution and germinates from a seasoned filmmaker's passion -- after working three years around abused children -- about fighting pedophilia pedophilia, psychosexual disorder in which there is a preference for sexual activity with prepubertal children. Pedophiles are almost always males. The children are more often of the opposite sex (about twice as often) and are typically 13 years or age or younger; . John Thomas' HAMAL ha·mal also ham·mal  
n.
A porter or bearer in certain Muslim countries.



[Arabic amm
_18 is from an original screenplay screenplay

Written text that provides the basis for a film production. Screenplays usually include not only the dialogue spoken by the characters but also a shot-by-shot outline of the film's action.
 about an obsessed ob·sess  
v. ob·sessed, ob·sess·ing, ob·sess·es

v.tr.
To preoccupy the mind of excessively.

v.intr.
 cop who hunts pedophiles on the Internet by posing as a teenager (a crime prevention tactic now being used by LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel.
2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department.
 and major city police) after his own 14-year-old daughter was murdered by a pedophile pedophile Forensic psychiatry A person with pedophilia; there are an estimated 500,000 pedophiles in the world. See Child prostitution, Megan's law, Pedophilia.  following an Internet meeting.
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